(Readings are to be completed on the date
which they appear below. All readings are in the course packet).
February
02 - Mon: Introduction,
group assignments
04 - Wed: Group work I
06 - Fri: Group work II
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09 - Mon: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1) Unit I - PERSONAL IDENTITY: What Makes Me ME? John Perry, "The First
Night"TQ: 6-10 (Perry I)
February 9th is the last day to add a
course
11 - Wed: TQ: 10-16 (Perry II)
13 - Fri: TQ: 16-23 (Perry III)
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16 - Mon: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2) J. Locke, "Of Identity and
Diversity" TQ: 23-28
February 16th is the last day to change a
grading system
18 - Wed: Continue Locke
20 - Fri: (WRITING
ASSIGNMENT #3) M. Michaels, "Persons, Brains, and Bodies" --
TQ: 29-31
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23 - Mon: A. MacIntyre, "The Story-Telling Animal" (HANDOUT)
25 - Wed: JIGSAW groups
27 - Fri: Project #1 due in class.
March
01 - Mon: Unit II: Minds, Brains, and How They (?)
Work -- R. Descartes, "Mind as Distinct from Body", TQ: 77-81
03 - Wed: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #4)
G. Ryle, "The Concept of
Mind" -- TQ: 81-90
05 - Fri - Continue Ryle
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March 08 --
15 SPRING BREAK
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15 - Mon: W. Lycan, "Robots and Minds" -- TQ: 90-96
March 15th is the last day to
drop course w/o a grade
17 - Wed: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #5) J. Searle, "The Myth of the Computer" -
TQ: 96-102
19 - Fri:
- Review -- JIGSAW groups
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22 - Mon: Project #2 due in class.
24 - Wed: Unit III - "What Can I Know?" -- TQ: 108-111; R. Descartes,
"Meditation" -- TQ: 229-232
26 - Fri: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #6) O.K Bouwsma, "Descartes' Evil
Genius" -- TQ: 112-119
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29 - Mon: B. Russell, "Appearance and Reality" TQ: 121-123
31 - Wed: J. Locke, "Where Our Ideas Come From" TQ:
April
02 - Fri: - Continue Locke
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05 - Mon: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #7) - G. Berkeley, "To Be Is to Be
Perceived" TQ: 127-133
April 9th is the last day to drop a course
with a WP, WF, or WU.
07- Wed: Continue Berkeley
09 - Fri: JIGSAW groups
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12 - Mon: Project #3 due in class.
14 - Wed: Unit #4: ETHICS -- Selections from the Bible, Koran, and Confucius's
Analects -- TQ: 177-183
16 - Fri: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #8) J. Mill, "Utilitarianism" --
TQ: 184-188
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19 - Mon: Continue Mill
21 - Wed: - Kant, "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals," TQ:
189-194
23 - Fri: (WRITING ASSIGNMENT #9) -- Continue Kant
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26 - Mon: Aristotle, "Happiness and the Good Life" TQ: 195-203
28 - Wed: (WRITING
ASSIGNMENT #10) Continue Aristotle
30 - Fri: C. Gilligan, "In A Different Voice" -- HANDOUT
May
03 - Mon: Continue Gilligan
05 - Wed: C. Card, "A Feminist View of Ethics" TQ: 205-208
07 - Fri: R. Kane "Through the Moral Maze" TQ: 208-13
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10 - Mon: JIGSAW groups (Review for final project)
FINAL Project due Thursday, May 16th,
5:00pm
